Tuesday, May 21, 2013



The last day in the Sacred Valley we went to Moray and then Chinchero. Moray was the agricultural lab of the Inkas. They views are amazing and you see the circular terraces in which the Inkas experimented with crops at various altitudes. On our way back, we stopped to see local potato farmers harvest their potatoes. They offered us chicha (fermented corn juice), which we passed on. We then continued on to Chinchero, where there is a cute little village next to the ruins, with plenty of handicraft vendors. We then drove back to Cusco and found ourselves in another massive traffic jam due to police activity at a check point. We finally made it back to Cusco and re-checked into the Inka Palace hotel by El Libertador. We then had dinner at Chi-Cha, which is a local flavor restaurant by the famous Peruvian chef Gaston Acurio (any Gaston Acurio restaurant in Peru or other parts of the world, including San Francisco, New York and Madrid, are guaranteed to give you the best gastronomic experience). The food was phenomenal and the price was very reasonable.

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